Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

All rising to great place is by winding stair.

There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Man was formed for society.

For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast.